The Xavier School's faculty production of Les Misérables was going surprisingly well, considering that Erik, against his better judgement, was playing Valjean.
They'd made it successfully through Act One and halfway through Act Two without significant incident, until Scott's sudden case of indigestion. The diagnosis was that he should be back for his next solo; in the meantime, Peter — Scott's understudy — had replaced him as Marius, lying "asleep" in the corner. The show would go on.
The music swelled as the key changed. Erik opened his mouth.
"He's like the son I might have known..."